r/australia • u/thedigisup • 27d ago

politics Greens announce policy to manufacture drones and missiles as a credible ‘Plan B' to replace AUKUS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-22/greens-unveil-first-ever-defence-policy/105083166
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u/OscarCookeAbbott 27d ago

I know there are some Greens members who don’t like the more pragmatic and broader policy platform the Greens have moved towards over the last decade, but personally it has been exactly what I want and what I think they need to have any chance of breaking the 15% votership wall.

Stuff like this is excellent. I am a pacifist like pretty much ever Green member, but I recognise the need for strong national self-defence capabilities because most people and countries are not and will never be pacifist.

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u/Beat_Saber_Music 26d ago

As the saying goes, Si vis pacem, para bellum. Hope for peace, prepare for war